Peter Bahls Resume

Peter Bahls
Northwest Watershed Institute

2215 SE 55th Street
Portland, Oregon 97215
(503) 236-8142 fax
peternwi@msn.com
(503) 235-2716 voice

Mr. Bahls has 16 years of experience in fish, wildlife, and ecological research and management. He has extensive experience in salmon and steelhead habitat assessment and restoration in the Pacific Northwest. Most recently, he is the founder and director of Northwest Watershed Institute, a non-profit corporation dedicated to conducting model projects to protect and restore aquatic species and habitats in Oregon and Washington.

EDUCATION

M.S. Fishery Science and Aquatic Ecology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, 1991
B.S. Biology, Middlebury College, Middlebury, Vermont, 1984

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

2001 - present Northwest Watershed Institute, Director and Senior Fish Biologist
1998 - 2001 David Evans and Associates, Inc., Senior Fish Biologist and Aquatic Ecologist
1992 - 1998 Port Gamble S'Klallam Tribe, Fish and Wildlife Habitat Biologist
1984 - 1992 Various fish, wildlife, and ecological research positions in Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Alaska, Florida and Panama (for state and federal agencies and private research centers).

REPRESENTATIVE PROJECTS

Watershed Assessment, Research, and Monitoring

Project Manager and Watershed Ecologist, Scappoose Bay Watershed Assessment, Scappoose Bay Watershed Council, 2000.

Project Manager and Watershed Ecologist, Comprehensive Fish Passage Assessment for the Scappoose Bay Watershed, Scappoose Bay Watershed Council, 2001.

Project Manager and Watershed Ecologist, Feasibility Assessment of Simpson Timber Company's South Olympic Conservation Easement Proposal, River Conservancy, 2000-2001.

Project Manager and Watershed Ecologist, Malheur Headwaters Watershed Analysis, U.S. Forest Service, Malheur National Forest, 2000.

Project Manager and Fish Habitat Biologist, Chimacum Coho Salmon Watershed Restoration Assessment, Port Gamble S'Klallam Tribe, 1996.

Watershed Ecologist, Salmonid Refugia Assessment for Eastern Jefferson County, Watershed Ecology, in progress.

Project Manager and Fish Biologist, How Healthy are Healthy Stocks? Case studies of Three "Healthy" Salmon Stocks, Native Fish Society, 2001.

Channel Module, Fish Habitat Module, and Prescriptions Leader, West Kitsap Watershed Analysis, Washington Department of Natural Resources (lead agency), 1995.

Project Manager and Watershed Ecologist, Identifying and Prioritizing Salmonid Refugia in the Scappoose Bay Watershed - A Pilot Project, Oregon Trout, 2000.

Project Manager and Watershed Ecologist, An Overview of Efforts to Identify and Protect Salmonid Refugia in Oregon and Washington, Wild Salmon Center, 2001.

Project Manager and Fish Biologist, Gourlay Creek Fish Habitat Assessment, City of Scappoose and Scappoose Bay Watershed Council, 2000.

Aquatic habitat protection projects

Project team member and founder, Hood Canal Salmon Sanctuary Program, Inter-agency Project, 1996-present.

Project Manager, Lower Tarboo Creek Critical Habitat Acquisition - IAC and Federal Grant Funding, Port Gamble S'Klallam Tribe, WDFW and USFWS, 1998.

Project Manager, Chimacum Watershed Refugia Acquisition - Critical Habitat, Riparian Habitat, and Federal Grant Funding, Port Gamble S'Klallam Tribe, WDFW, and USFWS, 1998-2000.

Timber, Fish, and Wildlife Representative, Timber and Development Plan Reviews in Hood Canal Watersheds, Port Gamble S'Klallam Tribe, 1992-1998.

Salmon habitat and watershed restoration projects

Aquatic Ecologist, Williamson River Delta Restoration Analysis, Phillip Williams and Associates, Inc. and The Nature Conservancy - Oregon, 1999.

Project Manager and Fish Biologist, Gourlay Creek Fish Ladder Design, Permitting, and Habitat Assessment, City of Scappoose and Scappoose Bay Watershed Council, In progress.

Technical Advisor, Quilcene-Snow Jobs for Environment Restoration Team, Port Gamble S'Klallam Tribe, 1995-1997.

Fish Biologist, Jefferson County Fish Passage Culvert Replacement Design and Permitting Assistance, Entranco and Jefferson County, 1999.

Fish Biologist, Salmon River Estuary Restoration Alternatives, Siuslaw National Forest, 1999.

Project Manager and Fish Biologist, Chimacum Headwaters Restoration Project, WDFW, 1999.